Reading Time: 4 minutesSunday morning is hard today. She’s not here. My dog is gone. Yesterday, I made the journey that anyone who has a dog will always dread. The final trip to the vet that you know at the outset will see you returning home alone. So as I write this, with red eyes, it’s quite early

Reading Time: 3 minutesLooking back on my early experiences in selling and the automotive industry, I realise now just how fortunate I was. My first full time job in trainee car sales way back was a gentle introduction to the ethos of building relationships with customers that ensure not just a sale, but continued repeat business. The dealership

Reading Time: 6 minutesLast summer marked the 100th Anniversary of the start of the Battle of the Somme in Europe. On 1st July 1916, the Allies began an offensive that saw more than 19,000 men killed on the first day. As part of the commemorations, I travelled to northern France with The Yorkshire Air Museum. They were asked

Reading Time: 4 minutesI had a couple of texts and emails this morning from people who still are in touch from my previous life in vehicle sales. It seems that UK car sales are at an all time high and the UK registered more than 2.6 million cars last year. There’s lots and lots of opinions and headlines

Reading Time: 5 minutesAs I write this, it’s becoming clear that the Volkswagen scandal of Dieselgate is going to run and run for quite a while. If you thought that Toyota and Lexus got a kicking to their brand a few years ago, that will quite possibly pale into insignificance. Since the story broke, many people have been

Reading Time: 3 minutesThis past ten years, I’ve had a disconnect with our political system in the UK. Some of their antics over the last decade or so, both domestically and internationally, have left me wondering which planet they were on. They were taking decisions which to me looked crazy. “Don’t these people read history? Here we go

Reading Time: 4 minutesIn 2001, after years in the motor industry, I started out as a professional photographer. Back then, we had lovely Mamiya 645 cameras, 120 roll film, lightboxes, dev labs. After collecting the rolls from the lab, my work was done. Many people still wish it was so, but personally, I love the digital, multi-media world

Reading Time: 4 minutesAs Lexus roll out the NX SUV, the Lexus F Series becomes ever more popular and we look forward to the launch of the RC F Coupe in the UK, I’m reminded fondly of many happy and sometimes frustrating times. You see, I was one of the original Lexus salesmen in the UK, way back

Reading Time: 6 minutesA couple of years ago, I was asked to create a Shane Lynch interview for one of the Japanese performance magazines. At the time, his big passion was drifting a Nissan Skyline in the British championship. He was also very much in demand for TV work, Boyzone appearances and other professional commitments, so our initial